Are you for Jesus or against Him.

Are you for Jesus or against Him.

John  13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.  13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.  13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.  13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.

Judas one of the twelve betrayed Jesus.

In the world and the  church globally today, there are two categories of people.

Those who are wholeheartedly following Jesus.

Those who are unashamedly fighting against Jesus.

Revelation  17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

Listen to what the following people do with Jesus.

Judas

Matthew  26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,  26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.  26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

John  13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him;

Sanhedrin. Plotted to crucify Him.

John  11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.  11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.  11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

Matthew  27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.  27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.  27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.  27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

Pilate condemned Him to death, to keep his position as governor.

John  19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.  19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.  19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.  19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.  19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.  19:15 But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.  19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.

Soldiers mocked Him.

Matthew  27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.  27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.  27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!  27:30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.  27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

Malefactor abused Jesus.

Luke  23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.  23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.  23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

Matthew, Peter and others, left all to follow Him.

Luke  5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.  5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.

Mark  10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.  10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s,  10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Paul followed Him.

Philippians  3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.  3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,  3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:  3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;  3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.  3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.  3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,  3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

1 Corinthians  11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.

We have seen the two categories.

Those following Christ and those fighting against Him and rejecting Him.

John  12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.  12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.  12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.

Where do you belong?  Examine yourself.

2 Corinthians  13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Revelation  17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

Make sure you are with Him in wholehearted obedience.

Endeavor to be with Him, it shall be well with you here and hereafter in Jesus name.

Let us pray.